2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Class Warfare [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)been exaggerated, both by proponents and critics. The losses by the middle class began two decades before NAFTA, trying to pin it on trade deals just doesn't match the facts.
As far as unions, she's always been a staunch supporter, and she was a strong proponent of the employee free choice act, both as senator and also now as candidate. I'm glad you have such little confidence in unions that you think they are leading their membership on the road to slow starvation -- this sounds indistinguishable from right-wing anti-union rhetoric about how union bosses don't care about their members. As for me, I side with the unions, which in turn side with Hillary.
Hillary Clinton is not Bill Clinton, but to the extent that you blame her for his administration, you must also give her credit for his accomplishments. He raised the top income tax rate, and presided over the longest period of economic expansion since WW2, during which 20 million jobs were created, median income grew, and poverty decreased. So, yeah, let's have some more of that.